The Connaught Cup Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Run in late May, the Grade II race is open to horses aged four and older.
[1] The Connaught Cup was first run in 1912 on dirt at Toronto's Old Woodbine Race Course.
The Great Depression saw much consolidation in the horse racing industry with track owners reducing the number of races run and the amount of the purses being offered.
In 1956 it was moved to the newly built Woodbine Racetrack where in 1958 it was converted to a turf race.